The Flying Eaglets have won the under-17 World Cup three times
Nigeria have won the Under-17 World Cup for a third time, beating Spain 3-0 on penalties in Sunday's final after a goalless 120 minutes.
Spain missed their first three penalties, and the Flying Eaglets converted all of theirs, through Matthew Edile, Daniel Joshua and Ganiyu Osei.

The victory gave Nigeria their third under-17 world title, having won the tournament in 1985 and 1993.

It was only the fourth time in 12 Under-17 World Cup tournaments that the title was decided on penalty kicks.

The result proved another disappointment for Spain, which has reached the final three times without a championship.

Macauley Chrisantus was voted the second-best player of the tournament, behind Germany's Toni Kroos.

The Nigerian also won the tournament top-scorer award, with seven goals.

Ghana's Ransford Osei was the second-top scorer, finding the target six times.

Ghana had to settle for fourth place after losing 2-1 to Germany in the third-place play-off match.

Osei pulled the Black Starlets level, but Germany scored the winner two minutes into second-half stoppage time.

skanbroy  Villager

# 1 20 Minutes into the match Nig 0 Spain 0 Ghana lost 3rd place match to Germany 2:1 Posted by skanbroy| 09.09.2007 06:25

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# 2 25 minutes still 0:0 Posted by skanbroy| 09.09.2007 06:26

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# 3 End of First Half Nigeria 0 Spain 0 Ball Possession : Nigeria 52% Spain 48% Source: http://www.fifa.com/ Posted by skanbroy| 09.09.2007 06:58

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# 4 After 60 minutes still 0:0 All we are saaaaaaaying give us more goooooooooooals!!!!!! Posted by skanbroy| 09.09.2007 07:23

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# 5 90 minutes 0:0 Posted by skanbroy| 09.09.2007 07:51

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# 6 Full Time Nigeria 0 Spain 0 Match Statistics: Ball Possession: Nig. 50% Spain 50% Shot on Target : Nig 5 Spain 3 Corner Kicks : Nig 7 Spain 2 Extra Time to Follow Posted by skanbroy| 09.09.2007 07:56

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# 7 100 minutes still 0:0 End of First period of extra time : Still goaless. 116 Minutes, Spain hits the crossbar! Offside: Nigeria 8 Spain 0 (Na offside oo no be goals ooooh) Posted by skanbroy| 09.09.2007 08:10

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# 8 Full Time Scores AET Nigeria 0 Spain 0 Penalty Shoot Out to Follow. Spain misses first kick. Nigeria scores. Spain misses again. Nigeria scores. Nigeria now leads 2:0 Spain loses 3rd kick. Nigeria scores. Nig. 3: Spain 0 Posted by skanbroy| 09.09.2007 08:32

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# 9 Penalties Nigeria 123 Spain 000 Posted by admin_old| 09.09.2007 08:37

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# 10 Ladies and Gentlemen Nigeria wins U-17 World cup. Beats Spain 3:0 on penalties. Winner oh oh oh, winner, winner oh oh oh, winner, Nigeria we don win oh winner, patapata we go win forever winner!!!!!!!! Posted by skanbroy| 09.09.2007 08:45

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